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Drive South this weekend to Grant and it'll be hard to resist that oh-so-tempting, unmistakable smell of barbecue. Grilling masters and amateur chefs have been prepping various cuts of meat and basting, basting, basting.

All for the 13th annual Grant BBQ Fest.

Now a three-day event, the festival, which raises money for Toys for Kids, starts just in time for dinner on Friday night and closes just before dinnertime on Sunday.

"Because of demand, it's growing," longtime organizer Timmy Vee said. "We found out a lot of people want to come out on Sunday. People want to come out after church, sit down with the family.

"The weather's supposed to be absolutely perfect," he predicted, hoping for a sunny, blue sky, picture-perfect weekend. "That's the best barbecue weather you could ask for."

Entertainment this year?

•3 to 6 p.m. Friday: Elgin Hooper

•6 to 9 p.m. Friday: Nutin Fancy

•10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday: Umbrella Thieves

•2 to 5 p.m. Saturday: Hot Pink

•10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday: Nutin Fancy

•1 to 5 p.m. Sunday: Vintage

"We usually do really well," Vee said, adding there's other fun on tap like kids activities, arts and crafts, vendors and community displays. "For this event, you can bring your tents out and just relax for the day. Bring lawn chairs and blankets."

You may need those, he said, after noshing on all the food available there.

"There's a people's choice competition where we let the people decide who's the best cook," Vee explained. "There's been a different winner the last three or four years, so people step up."

Some of the barbecue offerings range from "ribscicles" to, one of Vee's favorites, a barbecue eggroll.

"They were the best things I ever had," he recalled. "They're not there every year, though."

He described it as barbecue in an eggroll wrapper: "It looks like an eggroll, acts like an eggroll but tastes like a barbecue eggroll."